Installing OpenContrail with Ansible on CentOS 7 and Kubernetes

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We can just define what OpenContrail is before we dive into the installation steps. This will be helpful for those new to OpenContrail.

What’s OpenContrail?

The official OpenContrail website defines OpenContrail as “an Apache 2.0-licensed project that is built using standards-based protocols and provides all the necessary components for network virtualization–SDN controller, virtual router, analytics engine, and published northbound APIs. It has an extensive REST API to configure and gather operational and analytics data from the system”.